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Early Impressions of Panama -- from 2007
What is happening in Panama is truly...
Video Calls Work for Homesickness When Living Overseas
BEAUTIFUL CONTADORA ISLAND, PANAMA
Historical Ft. San Lorenzo, Colón, Panamá
Continuing with the history of the beautiful Caribbean ocean coast of Panama, one of the oldest tourist sites is the San Lorenzo Fort, near Portabelo and Fort Sherman, built by King Felipe II, from Spain in 1598, situated at the entrance of the large Chagres River, in the province of Colon, Republic of Panama.
San Lorenzo Fort was declared a Patrimony for the Humanity by UNESCO in 1980 for several reasons, including it being historically...
A Trip to The Atlantic - Fort Sherman Panama
One of the best things about moving to Panama is that I have met and I am now friends with people who I would have been likely to even meet at a coffee shop back in Toronto. My group of amigos range from 30 years to 65+ years in age and come from all walks of life and corners of the earth. In the last few months a group of these "unlikely's" as I would call them got together with a common interest and goal of completing a series of Triathlons in Panama. It really happened at a...
The Dog
About two and a half weeks ago a stray dog got locked in our landlady’s garage. She howled all night but we thought that our landlady was just keeping the dog for a friend. It wasn't until the next morning, when we asked if we could walk the dog, we realized that she had no idea that a dog was trapped in her garage. She even walked the neighborhood to find the source of the unhappy dog howls.
At that point, she was freed and she became our compound dog. We live in...
Thank God for technology and exercise!
Have A Backup Plan!
- What if I die or my spouse dies?
- What if we don't have enough assets to pay the doctors and hospitals if we are sick?
- What if we don't have a will in...